The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that their Air Force carried out a strike against facilities of the Shiite organization Hizbullah in Lebanon. This action was a direct response to Hizbullah’s shelling of Israel, as reported by the IDF press service.
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The statement detailed the operation, noting that IDF fighter jets and aircraft targeted a variety of Hizbullah’s assets. These included military posts, ammunition depots, and elements of its intelligence infrastructure, which were instrumental in Hizbullah’s activities of reconnaissance and conducting terrorism against Israel.
The IDF executed this operation on the west bank of the Jordan River. In the course of the action, Israeli forces identified 19 Palestinians in the area, 9 of whom were affiliated with the Hamas movement.